Surah Al-A'raf (الأعراف) • The Heights

Quran 7:97

7:97

أَفَأَمِنَ أَهْلُ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ أَن يَأْتِيَهُم بَأْسُنَا بَيَـٰتًا وَهُمْ نَآئِمُونَ

afa-amina ahlu l-qurā an yatiyahum basunā bayātan wahum nāimūna

Then, did the people of the cities feel secure from Our punishment coming to them at night while they were asleep?

— Saheeh International

Do the people of these towns feel secure that Our punishment will not come upon them by night, while they are asleep?

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Did the people of the towns then feel secure against the coming of Our punishment by night while they were asleep?

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

أَفَأَمِنَafa-aminaThen did feel secure
أَهْلُahlu(the) people
ٱلْقُرَىٰٓl-qurā(of) the cities
أَنanthat
يَأْتِيَهُمyatiyahumcomes to them
بَأْسُنَاbasunāOur punishment
بَيَـٰتًۭاbayātan(at) night
وَهُمْwahumwhile they
نَآئِمُونَnāimūna(were) asleep